Manchester City host Tottenham Hotspur at Eastlands on Tuesday 10th May 2011 in a Premier League match which was postponed due to City's progess in the FA Cup. For both clubs, it will be the 36th game of the 2010-11 season.
This will be the 142nd time the two teams have met.
The first meeting came on 16th January 1909 in the FA Cup 1st round (today's 3rd round) at Hyde Road in Ardwick (City's original name) in a match which Spurs won 4-3.
The first League meeting came in the First Division in December 1910 at White Hart Lane and resulted in a 1-1 draw. Walter Tull, who was the first black outfield footballer to play League football scored Tottenham's goal. City won the reverse fixture in January 1911 2-1.
All the League meetings between Spurs and City up to season 1934-35 took place in the First Division.
The clubs were drawn together in the 1913-14 FA Cup 2nd round with City wining 2-1 at Hyde Road (City would move to Maine Road in 1923 and stay there for the next 80 years) and also met in the 1921-22 FA Cup 3rd round with FA Cup holders Tottenham beating City 2-1 at White Hart Lane.
The only League meetings between the clubs outside the Top Flight took place either side of the Second World War with City winning both Second Division matches in the 1938-39 season and taking three points out of four off Spurs in the Second Division matches played in 1946-47.
Spurs and City resumed their Top Flight meetings in the 1951-52 season.
The clubs contested the 1956 FA Cup Semi-Final at Villa Park with City winning 1-0 with a goal scored by Bobby Johnstone. City would go on to win the FA Cup that season, beating Birmingham City 3-1 in the Final at Wembley.
Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City contested the centenary FA Cup Final in 1981. The match finished in a 1-1 draw after extra time after Tommy Hutchison had put City ahead but also scored an unfortunate own goal.
The replay was the first to be played at Wembley and Spurs won 3-2 with a brace from Ricky Villa and a goal from Garth Crooks. City goals were scored by Steve MacKenzie and Kevin Reeves. Ricky Villa's second goal was voted Goal of the Century and the match is one of the best remembered Finals of all-time.
The first of three Football League Cup meetings came in the 1992 3rd Round with Spurs winning 1-0 at Maine Road with a Vinny Samways goal. Tottenham also won the other two matches - a 4th Round match in 2003 3-1 and a 5th round match in 2007 2-0.
City had an amazing comeback in the 2004 FA Cup 4th Round replay at White Hart Lane after going three goals down to goals from Ledley King, Robbie Keane and Christian Ziege in the first half. City, who had been reduced to ten men after Joey Barton received a second yellow card, scored four second half goals from Sylvain Distin, Paul Bosvelt, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Jonathan Macken to win a memorable game 4-3.
Both Spurs and City were founder-members of the Premier League, although City have only competed in 14 of the 19 seasons played in the competition so far, while Spurs have been one of seven ever-present clubs.
Spurs have generally had the upper hand during this era with nineteen wins to City's three wins and five matches drawn. In fact, City have only won once in the past 15 meetings between the clubs in all competitions.
Last season, Spurs did the 'double' over City with a 3-0 win at the Lane with goals from Nico Kranjcar (2) and Jermain Defoe followed by a vital 1-0 end of season win at Eastlands, which secured fourth place and Champions League football for Spurs thanks to a Peter Crouch goal.
The reverse fixture on the opening day of the season at White Hart Lane finished in a 0-0 draw.
Overall, Spurs have won 57 games, City have won 50 games and the remaining 34 matches played have been drawn.
Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City Matches 1909-2011
They Played for Spurs & City....
Clive Allen (Player with both clubs, Spurs development manager)
Jamie Atwell
Kevin Bond (City player, Spurs asst manager)
Ivor Broadis
Michael Brown
Jock Chaplin
Vedran Corluka
Bill Felton
Márton Fülöp
Foster Hedley
Chris Jones
Neil McNab
Bobby Mimms
Joe Moffatt
John Sainty (Spurs player, City coach)
Bert Sprostson
Alex Steel
Paul Stewart
Perry Suckling (City player, Spurs coach)
Ben Thatcher
Paul Walsh
Charlie Williams
Clive Wilson
Alex Young
Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2010-11
Manchester City Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2010-11
